“College Sports, a Great American Institution that produces our many Athletes, Leaders, and Olympic Dominance, is a total ‘mess,’ and everyone is saying that it must be fixed,” Trump wrote in a Thursday afternoon Truth Social post.
“I urge the House and Senate to come together to pass a final Bipartisan Law, that I can sign this summer, that reflects the views and input of both Chambers,” he added.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have taken the lead on the legislation that would end the regulatory chaos surrounding college sports.
The Protect College Sports Act would include regulations on player transfers and payments, rules on midseason coach movement, and bar professional players from coming back to the NCAA.
“This Law resolves many of the most urgent issues challenging our Universities and Student-Athletes, stops the chaos and, most importantly, it may be the last chance to save College Sports, and Colleges themselves, before it’s too late,” Trump wrote in defense of the legislation.
The Congressional Black Caucus previously announced its opposition to the bill, citing the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, which weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and subsequently led Republicans in Southern states to enact new congressional maps that eliminated several majority-black districts.
“The Congressional Black Caucus believes institutions that profit from Black talent and Black communities have a responsibility to stand with those communities when their fundamental rights are under attack,” Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), the CBC chairwoman, wrote in a letter to Cruz and Cantwell. “Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality—it is complicity.”
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VOWS TO BLOCK COLLEGE SPORTS REFORM OVER SOUTHERN STATES’ REDISTRICTING
Trump’s post did not address the CBC’s opposition to the bill or how Congress could overcome it, although he thanked several lawmakers for their work on the legislation.
“I’d like to thank Senators Ted Cruz, Eric Schmitt, Maria Cantwell, and Chris Coons, among others, for introducing the Protect College Sports Act,” he wrote. “The House has worked long and hard on this issue as well, and I am very grateful to Speaker Mike Johnson and Leader Steve Scalise for their work to fix this very major problem.”
Molly Parks contributed to this report.
